Alongside the Snapdragon 720G chipset, which will enable improved gaming experiences in the sub-Rs. 15,000 price bracket, Qualcomm has today also announced two new budget-centric chipsets. The Snapdragon 460 chipset upgrades on the Snapdragon 450 whereas Snapdragon 662 comes as an upgrade over the very popular Snapdragon 660 chipset. It’s sitting under the Snapdragon 665 though in terms of nomenclature.
With the Snapdragon 662 chipset, Qualcomm has focused primarily on camera and AI improvements. This means you can expect your sub-Rs 10,000 smartphones to handle a lot more tasks and capture stunning pictures, thanks to a new ISP.
On the connectivity front, Snapdragon 662 features the new Snapdragon X11 LTE modem that supports 2-carrier aggregation, 2×2 MIMO, and 256-QAM modulation. This means you will get download speeds up to 390Mbps and upload speeds up to 150Mbps with this new chipset.
Snapdragon 460
Qualcomm has made massive strides in its chipset technology and it’s now tricking down over to its new 4-series chipset. Snapdragon 460 comes with significant improvements in the camera, connectivity, and AI department.
Snapdragon 460 also includes the Adreno 610 GPU, which is a massive jump over Adreno 506 found in the Snapdragon 450. It will result in 70% performance gains, as per the chipmaker. There’s also the Hexagon 683 DSP, which is another first for 4-series chipsets, and supports Hexagon Vector extensions and TensorFlow Lite.
